Forums > Travel Yunnan > Return air ticket required for L-visa? I've just read this whole topic again. Seems like Flyingeggplant has come to China twice before on tourist visas with one-way tickets and both times converted to a Z visa after coming here....
The last time in 2009!
Visa rules have changed a LOT in that time last time in mid-2013 when things were tightened up a lot.
So as others have stated, you'll most likely have to show a ticket to leave china AND you can't concert your tourist visa to a Z visa once you're here. If you're planning to teAch English here then find a job that can sponsor a Z visa before you travel.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Return air ticket required for L-visa? @ Flyingeggplant. Who told you that you can convert a tourist visa to Z visa in China? It may have been possible years back but is no longer allowed. You are supposed to go back to your home country to apply for it. Though I've heard of some in Shenzhen getting it in Hong Kong if the invitation letter is written the right way.
Forums > Travel Yunnan > Return air ticket required for L-visa? If you were married to a PRC national you'd more than likely apply for a family visit visa, not a tourist visa.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Obtaining a Resident Visa (Green Book) @ Janjal, I'm trying to find out exactly what is declared on an immigration police certificate & it's not clear. Will get back when I find more details.
Forums > Living in Kunming > Does our baby need a visa to be in China? Yuantongsi wrote "Instead you could go to Thailand or any other country where Chinese can get a visa on arrival, then when you land in that country use her Aussie passport to continue your journey to Oz." and what about on the way back through Thailand? That's the way they'll have to come back as the Chinese passport will have to show entry & exit stamps from Thailand. But also how do you leave Thailand using an Australian passport that doesn't have an entry stamp. Sounds a bit dodgy to me.
Liverpool brings football philosophy and training to Kunming
发布者"Kunming was more recently thought to be in the hunt for a new Chinese Super League franchise. Rumors were rampant that European coaching legend Sven-Göran Eriksson was considered a front-runner to run the team, but nothing ever came from such efforts."
Sven is past it! He's done nothing in his time in China at GZ Fuli, SIPG or Shenzhen.
Government sues parents to get kids back to school
发布者@Janjal, good point about 15 years old & marriage. What about these (combined) points:
"while the other two are working in another city. Their parents have promised the two children will return to school next semester."
"A kid working in the city can bring back 20,000 yuan [US$3,000] a year," an official at a county-level education bureau in Yunnan told local media in 2014"
So local officials are condoning children working illegally underage? First quote is more valid as it refers directly to this case! They know two of the kids are working illegally & havent dome anything about it except get "promises" from the parents that they'll send them back to school "next semester"!
Life on the Dulong River: Stepping towards the present
发布者I also agree Alien. Governments the world over seem to know what's best for people rather than asking them what they want.
Up to 1,000 Dali businesses to close in face of new policy
发布者"However, business owners such as Mr Zhao, who spent six million yuan (US$870,000) to open a guesthouse, worries about his livelihood and those of his employees. He blames government inaction and "hasty decisions" for the entire situation, saying:"
Well maybe if he'd built his guesthouse properly with connections to sewage, etc he wouldn't be in this position now...
China losing patience with Myanmar over Myitsone Dam
发布者Naïve question 2: Do China's anti-corruption and environmental laws apply to the activities of Chinese-owned companies?